Leading up the gentle incline of Loretto Hill is the "Way of the Cross." Its fourteen stations are introduced by a shrine portraying the Agony of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. The exquisite statuary for these fourteen groups, and the shrine, were imported from Bavaria. Located midway is a grotto in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes. On the top of the hill is a chapel dedicated to the Mother of Sorrows.   The project was initiated by Fr. Alexander Berghold and Sister Flavia of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ and completed in 1904. After the Sisters turned over Loretto Hospital to a nonprofit corporation, which is now the New Ulm Medical Center, the Way of the Cross was entrusted to the Diocese of New Ulm. The renovation has attempted to be faithful to every detail in preserving the historical nature of the Way of the Cross and Chapel. This century-old historic site is open to the public.